PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a lightweight MMA rules bout between Rutherford Hayes (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Mr Meogy (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Meogy is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Everything in it's right place. Both fighter's entrance songs getting the crowd jumping here.

Hayes
vs
Meogy

175 cm
21
166 lbs
3 - 1 - 0

187 cm
25
168 lbs
4 - 4 - 0

BJJ Purple Belt
Excellent boxer
Very strong

Good takedowns
Basic striking
Determined

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the lightweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 3 - 1 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Rutherford Hayes!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 4 - 4 - 0, fighting out of Hilo, Mr Meogy !
The judges for this bout are , and .

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Meogy slips under a jab.

Meogy looking to shoot here. He's gone for it and he's landed a takedown into mount! Oh, that's bad for Hayes!
Meogy can't quite control the action as he would like just now, as Hayes is looking to escape.
Meogy misses with a head shot.
Hayes is trying to stand up.
The fighters are trapped in the ropes so we're going to have a reposition here. The ref calls for a break and repositions the fighters in the center of the ring.
Meogy lands a big shot there that rocks Hayes but he's holding on and managing to survive for now.
Hayes takes a big shot to the head but keeps on trying to improve his position.
Hayes is squirming around, avoiding Meogy 's attempts to control the action.
Meogy thowing shots but they're missing.
Meogy looking to control but Hayes is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Hayes reaches up to try and control the position but Meogy seems to have an arm triangle now! Uh oh! Hayes rolls and tries to escape and now Meogy has his back!
Meogy wants to control but Hayes is keeping busy.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Meogy misses with an elbow to the head.
Hayes might be looking to lock onto one of his opponent's long limbs for a submission, whilst we're on the ground.
Hayes covering up well under a barage of strikes.
Hayes rolls and manages to get back to half guard. Nicely done.
Hayes wants to get back to full guard.

The referee has ruled that neither fighter is active enough on the ground and has stood them back up.
Meogy loads up on a big right hand but Hayes slips the punch.
Meogy throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Meogy tries to close the distance and clinch but Hayes swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
A jab from Meogy misses.
Hayes displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Meogy swings for the body but Hayes moves out of range.
An inside leg kick from Meogy misses.
Meogy doesn't manage to clinch there - Hayes circles away.
Left hook, right uppercut from Hayes.
Hayes misses with a looping left.
Hayes cracks Meogy with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Meogy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hayes sees it coming and avoids it easily.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meogy tries to shoot in for a takedown. He's got hold of a leg but Hayes swivels and escapes.
Hayes stuffs a takedown. It's all about dictating where the fight takes place and Hayes wants it to stay on the feet.

The fight moves into the clinch position.
Hayes is trying to work out of this bad position, with his back against the ropes.
Hayes looking for a takedown.
Hayes is trying to break free.
Meogy trying to control the position but instead, Hayes has worked for underhooks and has pushed Meogy into the ropes.
Hayes tries to pull guard but Meogy won't allow it.
Hayes can't get the takedown.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Rutherford Hayes. That's going to take a lot out of him.

Meogy successfully pulls guard.
Meogy looking to hit a scissor sweep but Hayes is one step ahead there.
Meogy looking to control.
Meogy keeping moving, preventing Hayes from controlling successfully.
Meogy tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meogy controlling the position.
Hayes has to be careful here, sitting in the guard of a superior BJJ player.
The fighters are starting to perspire pretty heavily.
Hayes sitting in guard here, content to control.
Hayes pressing down on his opponent's thigh, looking to pass guard. Meogy is keeping the position for now.
Hayes looking to sit in guard and control but Meogy gets the butterfly guard and sweeps. He's now in the guard on the top.
Hayes trying to control the position.
Meogy loading up with the ground and pound but he's missing more than he's landing in this flurry.
Meogy has the superior BJJ but he's also working some ground strikes into his gameplan.
Meogy stops Hayes from standing up.
Hayes tries to land a sweep but no joy.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
A lull in the action here being met with boos from the crowd.
Hayes is working hard here to advance position.

It looks like we're going to have a standup here. Neither fighter is doing enough on the ground.

Meogy closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Meogy lands in his opponent's guard.
Meogy trying to control but Hayes is working from the bottom.

Hayes looking for submissions from the bottom here. Moving his hips around, possibly looking for an armbar.
Hayes not looking particularly offensive just at the moment.
Hayes looking to hit a scissor sweep but Meogy is one step ahead there.
Hayes keeping moving, preventing Meogy from controlling successfully.
Hayes is trying to control the position but Meogy postures up.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Mr Meogy dominated that round.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!

Meogy has a takedown stuffed.
Meogy shoots in for a takedown. "Ole!" shouts Hayes as he jumps to the side.
Hayes moves into range and throws a lovely three punch combination.
Hayes throws a jab to the body, straight down the pipe. Boom. That sent Meogy stumbling backwards but he manages to regain his composure quickly.
Hayes throws a jab when Meogy was well out of range.
Hayes getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
Hayes bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Meogy 's head.
Hayes lands a jab. Then a cross. Then finally a nice hook to the body. Good work there by Hayes.
Meogy looks to land a left hand but Hayes moved out of range nicely.
Meogy misses with a shot to the body
enabling Hayes to counter with a crisp jab.
Meogy doesn't succeed with the takedown
and Hayes counters with a three punch combo that has Meogy backing up. Meogy nods at Hayes to acknowledge the strikes.
Rutherford Hayes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mr Meogy .
Hayes throws the left hand but Meogy avoids the punch easily.
Hayes connects with a crisp jab.
Mr Meogy seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.

Excellent takedown into side control there by Meogy .

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayes is moving his hips around well on the bottom and has managed to get back to half guard.
Hayes moves into full guard.
Hayes looking for a sweep. Not yet Hayes, not yet.

Hayes is working actively off his back, looking to secure an arm or perhaps work for a triangle.

Hayes looking for a guillotine here but Meogy defends easily.
Both fighters are absolutely exhausted here.
Meogy working from the guard for now, landing some ground and pound.
Hayes is trying to keep Meogy in close.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Meogy is fighting to break Hayes's control of his arms but Hayes is doing a good job of controlling the position at the moment.
Meogy stands up and looks to throw the legs aside to pass to side control. Hayes swivels though and keeps the full guard.
Hayes keeping moving, preventing Meogy from controlling successfully.
Meogy preventing the sweep.
Meogy looking to pass the guard.
Meogy trying to control but Hayes is working from the bottom.
Meogy is stalling in the full guard.

The referee decides to stand the fighters back up.
Hayes missing with a left hand there. Meogy was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Meogy uses good footwork to avoid the strikes from Hayes.
Hayes displaying good standup as he scores with a three punch combination.
Meogy misses with a takedown attempt
and Hayes counters with a left and a right that stings Meogy .
Hayes misses the shot to the body.
Hayes fails to land with the punch combination there - jab, cross, hook, miss, miss, miss.
Meogy throws a leg kick that is checked
and Hayes counters with a lovely shot to the body.
Hayes throws a nice looking combination but Meogy bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
Hayes scores with a jab to the body.
Hayes circles away from the clinch attempt.
Hayes lands a nice shot to the body.
Hayes connects with a crisp jab.
Meogy walks into a stiff left hand from Hayes.
Hayes lands a body shot.
Hayes throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Meogy sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Meogy shoots for a double leg takedown but Hayes sprawls well. He's pushed Meogy 's face into the mat and manages to get back to his feet relatively easily.
Hayes misses with a few strikes there.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Hayes just misses with a punch to the body.
Hayes moves out of range of the strikes.
Hayes ducks under a wild hook from Meogy .
Hayes throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Meogy misses with an uppercut. Hayes saw that one coming.
Hayes lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Meogy misses with an uppercut. Hayes saw that one coming.
Meogy takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Hayes lets the fists fly and connects with a left straight followed by a right hook.
Meogy misses with a takedown attempt
and Hayes counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Hayes avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Meogy looks shocked there as he takes a right hand to the temple.
Hayes ducks under a wild hook from Meogy .
A slow jab from Meogy misses its intended target.
Hayes works Meogy 's body with a nice hook.
The crowd applaud the fighters efforts here as the round comes to an end.
Nice body punch from Hayes.
Meogy tries to clinch
enabling Hayes to counter with a crisp jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Rutherford Hayes dominated that second round.
The corners get their ten second warning. Both fighters stand from their stools and stare eachother down, ready to get back to the action. This is the final round!

Meogy throws a hook to the side of Hayes's head but Hayes sees it coming and ducks under it beautifully.
Meogy shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
and Hayes counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Meogy thinking.
Nice cross by Hayes.
Hayes connects with a jab.
Meogy throws a hook but Hayes blocks it.
Meogy has a pretty nasty looking mouse under his right eye.
Meogy takes a body punch but keeps moving.
Meogy throws an uppercut from half a mile away. Hayes sees it coming and avoids it easily.
Hayes ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Meogy moves away.
A slow jab from Meogy misses its intended target.
Nice body punch from Hayes.
Meogy shoots in but doesn't get the takedown
letting Hayes counter with a right hand.
Meogy takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
Donk. Hayes catches Meogy right on the button with a cross.
Meogy misses with a takedown
and Hayes counters with a nice jab to the body that keeps Meogy thinking.
Rutherford Hayes has stuffed three takedown attempts in the round now. That's going to take a lot out of Mr Meogy .
Hayes throws a series of strikes that have Meogy backpedaling.
Hayes scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Hayes fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Hayes lands with a straight right. Meogy didn't see that one coming.
Hayes throws a series of strikes that have Meogy backpedaling.

Meogy is rocked!
Hayes lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Meogy is still on wobbly legs! Can Hayes finish him?
The crowd cheers as Hayes lands an impressive looking overhand right. Meogy doesn't seem phased though.
Hayes connects with a good right hand that stumbles Meogy . Meogy circles away out of range and recomposes himself.
Hayes connects with a looping left hand that seems like it dazed Meogy momentarily.
Jab, jab by Hayes - just one landing.
Hayes lands a right hook to the body.
Meogy takes a body punch but keeps moving.
The crowd cheers as Hayes lands an impressive looking overhand right. Meogy doesn't seem phased though.
Rutherford Hayes is looking to keep the fight on the feet at all costs.
A lazy left from Hayes finds it's target.
Hayes throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
No joy there for Hayes, who threw a few shots but didn't land.
Hayes stalks Meogy and leaps in with a furious combination of punches. Uppercuts and crosses smash into Meogy 's face. Meogy staggers backwards, shaken.
Hayes moving in and out of range nicely, whilst landing the scoring shot.
Hayes lands a nice looking body shot.
A jab from Hayes finds it's way through Meogy 's defenses.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Hayes jabs at Meogy 's body.
Meogy shakes his hands off, looking to compose himself, but takes a jab to the jaw whilst he does it.
Meogy takes a really solid shot there but just smiles back and shrugs his shoulders.
Hayes cracks Meogy with an open hand slap.
Hayes connects with a looping right hand.
Hayes scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Meogy does a little shimmy and throws a leg kick. The leg kick missed by a considerable margin though, making him look a little bit silly for doing the shimmy.
Hayes clobbers Meogy with an overhand right that has the crowd gasping. That made a horrendous noise.
Hayes scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Hayes punishes Meogy 's body with a nice straight punch.
Hayes bobs and weaves and throws out a fast jab that snaps Meogy 's head backwards.
Hayes tests Meogy 's chin there with a solid looking shot.
Hayes lands a jab followed by a nice looking cross.
Meogy has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Meogy has his head slapped from side to side by a 3 punch combination. That must have hurt him.
Hayes lands a right hook to the body.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Hayes bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Meogy 's head.
Hayes scores with a punch to the gut of his opponent.
Meogy ducks right into an uppercut from Hayes.
Hayes lands with a nice combination. Meogy backs away looking to recover.
Rutherford Hayes is winning the standup battle so far.
Meogy takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Boom, another hit is landed. "You're gunna get knocked out" taunts Hayes, as that shot connected.
Hayes lands a nice shot to the body.
Hayes closes the distance and lands a one-two.
Hayes cracks Meogy with a nice right hand that draws applause from the crowd.
Meogy takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.
Hayes Rushes Meogy and starts throwing punches like they are going out of style! Meogy is up against the cage and has nowhere to go. Hayes Piles on the pressure and Meogy crumples to the floor! This one is all over!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 3:43 of round 3, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Rutherford Hayes!